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This Week In Trailers: Anarchy, Girlhood, A Year In Champagne, Buzzard, All The Wilderness By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 17, 2015 7:00 am EST One credit. When you’re someone who is given a shot to craft something personal, professional and polished you obviously want to let the world know you’ve arrived. Director Michael Johnson is such a guy that, based on the strength of this trailer, there is no other reaction to have other than feeling compelled to want to know more about it....

VOTD: Henry Cavill Disguises Himself In ‘V For Vendetta’ Mask At Comic-Con, Fools ‘Suicide Squad’ Cast By Ethan Anderton/July 25, 2016 4:00 pm EST Some of your favorite actors and actresses can be just as geeky and nerdy as you and me. However, since they have some of the most recognizable faces on the planet, they can’t walk around places like the Comic-Con show floor without being bombarded with fans looking to snap a picture or get an autograph....

‘Doctor Who’ Spinoff ‘Class’ Casts ‘Happy Valley’ Star Katherine Kelly And More By Angie Han/April 4, 2016 1:30 pm EST The Doctor Who spinoff Class is ready to take attendance. Happy Valley alum Katherine Kelly has been cast as a teacher at the Coal Hill School, while Vivian Oparah, Greg Austin, Sophie Hopkins, and Fady Elsayed will fill up the rest of the seats as her students. Doctor Who and Class executive producer Stephen Moffat describes the show as a sort of “British Buffy,” so chew on that while you wait for Class to begin....

‘Meadowland’ Trailer: Olivia Wilde Is Miserable By Jack Giroux/Oct. 1, 2015 5:00 am EST Somber tone. Shots of characters walking aimlessly. Brief glimpses of a gloomy night sky. A tone of despair. Yep, this Meadowland trailer sure does scream “indie.” Cinematographer Reed Morano’s directorial debut is promising, though, thanks to the director’s past work and an excellent cast. Watch the trailer after the jump. Morano shot The Skeleton Twins and Kill Your Darlings, both solid films with distinct aesthetics....

‘Mission: Impossible 5’ Climbs Up To Summer 2015; ‘Monster Trucks’ Moves To Christmas By Angie Han/Jan. 26, 2015 2:00 pm EST Ethan Hunt will be embarking on his next adventure a bit earlier than expected. Paramount has bumped up Mission: Impossible 5 by five months to summer 2015. Meanwhile, Monster Trucks is being delayed by seven months so it can take Mission: Impossible 5’s old Christmas 2015 berth. More details on the Mission Impossible 5 release date change after the jump....

‘The Little Mermaid Live’: Watch Highlight’s From Last Weekend’s Hollywood Bowl Show By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2016 5:00 am EST For those who haven’t heard, last weekend saw The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California host an event called The Little Mermaid Live. The event rounded up some impressive singing talent from film and television along with a 71-piece orchestra to perform the Alan Menken’s iconic music from Disney’s animated classic....

By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2015 12:00 pm EST If you haven’t watched this weekend’s 40-minute chat with Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson with a big focus on the 70mm format, then you should take the time to do that. One part of the conversation has Tarantino and Anderson crediting Christopher Nolan with creating new interest in the large film format, and in their back and forth, Tarantino offhandedly mentions that Nolan’s next film will also be employing 70mm as well....

By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2015 5:00 am EST One of the best unconventional Christmas movies to rewatch around this time of the year is undoubtedly Joe Dante’s cult horror comedy Gremlins. With outstanding creature effects, the right blend of dark humor and horror, and that adorable Gizmo, it’s just a nice change of pace from the usual holiday fare. And if you’re a big fan of the Steven Spielberg presented film, then you might want to pay close attention to Mondo tomorrow for their new Gremlins print by Jessica Seamans, commemorating the wild movie theater experience the gremlins have while watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs....

Explore Space And Time In This Featurette On The ‘Interstellar’ Tesseract By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 2015 4:12 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Even though Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi drama Interstellar ended up being a fairly divisive piece of cinema last year, it’s hard to deny that the film still left an impression on people. And while we can nitpick the story until we’re blue in the face, one element I think we can all take the time to appreciate is the abundance of practical effects used....

Hong Kong Action Star Donnie Yen Rumored For ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ Role By Ethan Anderton/July 6, 2015 8:30 am EST With production underway on Star Wars: Rogue One, you can bet we’re going to start getting more news about the first Star Wars Anthology film very soon, maybe even with some official announcements at Comic-Con this week. But in the meantime, a new rumor has surfaced about casting for the next installment of the new trilogy that kicks off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens this winter....

How Kelsey Grammer Became Sideshow Bob On ‘The Simpsons’, Including The Origin Of His Voice By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2016 6:00 am EST With the exception of Dr. Frasier Crane on both Cheers and the spin-off series Frasier, easily the best role Kelsey Grammer has played in his career is that of Sideshow Bob, the sidekick of Krusty the Clown on the long-running animated series The Simpsons. Grammer won an Emmy for his voiceover performance as the character in 2006, and he’s one of the fans’ favorite side characters from Springfield....

Jeff Goldblum, Bryan Cranston And More Join Wes Anderson’s Stop-Motion Dog Movie By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2015 9:30 am EST There’s been speculation that Wes Anderson hates dogs, based on the various horrible fates that have befallen Man’s Best Friend in his movies. But would a guy who hates dogs plan to make an entire stop-motion animated movie about them? Presumably not. And he certainly wouldn’t cast the likes of Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Edward Norton, and Bryan Cranston to voice them, as has just been reported....

LOL: How Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2015 5:30 am EST Just last week, Marvel Studios officially announced a sequel to this past summer’s Phase Two title Ant-Man. The follow-up will be called Ant-Man and The Wasp, following up the Ant-Man credits teaser revealing Hope Van Dyne (daughter of Hank Pym, played by Evangeline Lilly) would get her own superhero suit to join Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) on his Ant-Man adventures....

New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Trailer: The World Is Divided Into Butchers, And Meat By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2015 11:15 am EST We knew that great Game of Thrones poster featuring Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) staring up at one of Daenerys’ dragons was just a preface to seeing the real scene in action, and the incredible new Game of Thrones season 5 trailer does not disappoint. In addition to giving us the moving version of that poster, there’s all sorts of great new footage here, including (but hardly limited to) the “breaking the wheel” monologue from Daenerys, in which she promises doom for the cycle of family violence that has defined politics in Westeros, and more footage of Jonathan Pryce’s character the High Sparrow....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Terminator, Star Wars, Bond, Alien, Haunted Mansion, RoboCop, LotR By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2014 4:00 pm EST Header Photo: Either Bootleggers aren’t trying or they’re all in on the joke Leaked: The Nightmare Email Drama Behind Sony’s Steve Jobs DisasterThe 20 Worst Films Of 2014 How Fast is the Millennium Falcon? A Thought Experiment. 11 Actors Who’ve Played Santa Claus Like a Pro 12 TV Shows We Gave Up On In 2014The Valley Plays Itself Paul Thomas Anderson’s Los Angeles...

POTD: A Slime-Filled Twinkie Is The Other ‘Ghostbusters’ Promotion You’ve Been Waiting For By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 24, 2016 5:00 am EST There was a time when Hostess snacks disappeared for awhile, and fans of the unhealthy cream-filled cake known as the Twinkie weren’t sure if they would ever see them on shelves again. Thankfully the snack that will likely survive the apocalypse has been back for awhile, clogging our arteries and giving us diabetes for years to come....

Sequel Bits: ‘Beetlejuice 2’, ‘Kingsman 2’, ‘Star Trek Beyond’, ‘Inside Out’, ‘Kong: Skull Island’ By Angie Han/Oct. 7, 2015 5:00 am EST The stars of Inside Out are totally up for a sequel — but if Pixar is planning one, they haven’t let on. Said Katilyn Dias, who voiced Riley: Phyllis Smith, who played Sadness, echoed her co-star’s comments: I have not heard anything about a sequel, but I am hoping that there is one, for sure....

Star Wars Bits: New ‘Force Awakens’ Rumors, Battlefront, Lobot, Yoda Vs. Dooku By Germain Lussier/May 26, 2015 1:15 pm EST More Star Wars Bits! This one even goes back to the prequels, and you can read about all these items below: Damon Lindelof would like to write a Lobot movie. George Lucas was scared of the Yoda/Dooku fight in Attack of the Clones. Disneyland has a Han Solo in Carbonite lunch combo....

Star Wars Bits: The Opening Of ‘The Force Awakens’ Plus Legos, Comics And Fan Trailers By Germain Lussier/Feb. 20, 2015 6:00 am EST Making Star Wars has been a major source of information on the plot – or more specifically the rumored plot – of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Earlier this week they ran a super, major spoiler that knowing will ruin your enjoyment of the film. We don’t link to that one (but it’s out there)....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, The Flash, Supergirl, Agents Of SHIELD, Gotham By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2015 3:00 pm EST James Gunn held a 45-minute live Q&A in Facebook for Guardians of the Galaxy. Adam West enjoys some tea on the set of Batman back in the 1960s.Mike Colter talks learning the limits of Luke Cage’s power on Jessica Jones, but beware of spoilers....